The Four Temperaments. Carnaval

Performers

THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS

Maxim Zyuzin, Irina Golub, Alexander Sergeyev, Anton Pimonov, Yekaterina Kondaurova

Conductor: Mikhail Agrest

CARNAVAL

Columbine: Rafael Musin
Harlequin: Anna Lavrinenko

Conductor: Mikhail Tatarnikov

Age category 12+

Credits

Music by Paul Hindemith, Robert Schumann
Choreography by George Balanchine, Michel Fokine

THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS

Music by Paul Hindemith (1940)
Choreography by George Balanchine (1951)
Staged: John Clifford
Lighting: Mark Stanley, realised: Vladimir Lukasevich

World premiere: November 20, 1946, Ballet Society, New York
New production: 1951, New York City Ballet, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: April 13, 2004

Running time 30 minutes

The Ballet of George Balanchine The Four Temperaments is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style^® and Balanchine Technique^® service standards established and provided by the Trust

The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the "Ballets of George Balanchine" project to life

CARNAVAL

pantomime ballet in one act
Music by Robert Schumann (Le Carnaval, Op. 9, orchestrated by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, A. Lyadov, A. Glazunov, N. Cherepnin, A. Arensky)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1910)
Set and Costume design by Léon Bakst
The revival team:
Choreography staged: Sergei Vikharev
Sets reproduced: Mikhail Shishliannikov
Lighting: Alexander Naumov and Mikhail Shishliannikov
Costumes reproduced: Tatiana Noginova

Running time 30 minutes